India

Lucknow, May 31: About 2,000 Dalit cops whose promotion — granted during BSP's rule—was cancelled by the current Samajwadi Party government would be reinstated a move that will have political implications ahead of the 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. During her tenure as UP CM, Mayawati had introduced a 'quota in promotion' scheme which was struck down by the Allahabad HC in 2011 but the

Nagpur, May 31: At least 17 security personnel, including two young Army officers, were today killed in a major fire that broke out at the central ammunition depot in Pulgoan early this morning. Two officers and 17 Defence Security Corp (DSC) jawans were injured in the blaze, some of them critically, an Army officer said. "The main fire at one of the sheds has been extinguished. The situation is

Chennai, May 30: A raid by authorities rescued 328 bonded labourers, including 106 children, from a brick kiln in Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu. The labourers rescued hail from Odisha and were allegedly made to work for 12 hours per day on a salary of Rs 20, officials said. The raid was conducted by a district administration team led by revenue official S Jayachandran on Saturday based on

Hyderabad, May 30: The federal front being mooted as an alternative to ruling NDA by JDU president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is a "tried, tested and failed" front, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said. "First of all, we are seeing what is happening in Bihar. Once again, Bihar is pushed back to 'jungle raj'. There is widespread criticism. None of these leaders

New Delhi, May 29: Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu, Birender Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi are among the 12 candidates nominated by the BJP for the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on June 11. Naidu, Singh, Sitharaman, Goyal and Naqvi will be its candidates from Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharshtra and Jharkhand, a party statement said. Others fielded by the

Dehradun, May 29: Five more people were killed over the last 24 hours in Uttarakhand, as heavy rains triggered by a series of cloudbursts hit Tehri and Uttarkashi districts. Uttarkashi's Chinyalisaur area reported four fresh deaths. The toll in cloudburst now stands at six. Four persons, including three women, were swept in incidents of mudslide when a series of cloudbursts hit several villages in

New Delhi, May 29: Union Minister V K Singh today claimed the attack on African nationals in the national capital was a "minor scuffle" which was "blown up" by the media. "Had detailed discussion with Delhi Police and found that media blowing up minor scuffle as attack on African nationals in Rajpur Khurd," Singh, who is the junior minister in External Affairs Ministry, said and questioned the

New Delhi, May 29: Amid fresh cases of assault on African nationals and outrage by envoys of African countries over killing of a Congolese youth, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today spoke to Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to ensure safety of the community and strict action against the guilty. The government has also decided to transport the Congolese

New Delhi, May 28: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram is Congress nominee from Maharashtra for the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha while senior leaders Kapil Sibal and Jairam Ramesh have been named from Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka respectively. Others nominated in the polls include Oscar Fernandes from Karnataka, Congress general secretary Ambika Soni from Punjab, Chaya Verma from

Islamabad, May 28: The India-backed Chabahar Port in Iran is not a rival to Pakistan's Gwadar Port, which is being modernised by China, the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan said today, adding, the agreement to develop Chabahar was not limited to India and Afghanistan. Mehdi Honerdoost, speaking to Pakistan 's Dawn Online in Islamabad, said the offer to cooperate on the Chabahar Port was first given